Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1869 — How to Keep Rats from Destroying Harness. [ARTICLE]

How to Keep Rats from Destroying Harness.

At, most every person who uses a bar* n6ss liaS 'fltdjre' og less annoyed by having them injured by rats. We give a few hintaas to h<*w thtemay be avoided, though everybody knows, or];, affects, Jip know, what is test. The receipts here given are collected from different sonreee. Take about a teaspoonful of QeyCnne pepper, mix'it thoroughly with a quart of oil, and rub the harness with the mixture. This, it is claimed, yrill not only keep rats and mice from gnawing the" harness hut it will also prevent horses and colts from chewing the lines or halters. Take two quarts of green leeks, pour over them one gallon of oil, anL kt'U stand a few days before using; the longer it stands the betters , k ., ■ ■*. A little benzine rubbed over thd harness after it has been oiled is said to be a sure preventive, but is hot recommended by many, on account Of the idea' that It injures the leather. , . One ounCe, of aloes to one gallon of *oil will prevent Vats frotai dtfctfdying the harness. ; ' ■' . . ' I''""'' It is also claimed’ by mixing a smsTH quantity, sa/a ‘‘tSNbfcsjpodnfhr, of pfh’c tar to one quarr OfgifT, llurheM M'fe iufEt effectually protected ffoifi any Injtify; #ht if too much is puVyn’thc loknicr Wul cot absorb it. making the —Uariuss d'UdrHage Journal. Chapptd handt, (ice, Uitfgti 'Ala, tfiiipito, 'via*worm, Bfurrnemn, no otner cutnreotn uwocubs, eared, w« tt* Ala toAeMftWMitmtoMi.lij'Mbc tatJWii^wtftrtiNrniano^oaSwmwi'ifsnwm' 1 * Co, Htw.Xflw.-, < It la more vtm tow. »• k*m.« toe tmtj Compound! BOW hi Mi* ,wt- .-i uH 9sU